Holder for cutting fruit



- June 17, 1930. F, wlLMKlNG 1,764,235

HOLDER FOR CUTTING FRUIT Filed Aug. 4, 192s Wren/)wle /Z ary Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES ,PATENT GFFI'CE .FRIEDRICH WILMKING, F GUTERSLOH, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY HOLDER FOR CUTTING FRUIT Application led August 4, 1928, Serial No. 297,457, and in Germany April 1, 1928.

This invention relates to im rovements in holders for cutting fruit-'and the like in uniform pieces. The object of the invention is to provide l means for conveniently dismantling the parts lof the holder for cleaning purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a convenientconstruction'gwhereby the holder sections may be dismantled, or

.ma be arranged 'in assembled form and loc ed 1n place to a base to form a unlt structure.

' The invention also comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinparticularly pointed out In the accompanying drawing Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved fruit holder.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation, the locking bar being in open position to permit. dismantling of the holder sections.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the fruit holder.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views showing the locking device. Y

1 indicates a base preferably formedrwof sheet metal. The sides 2-2 of the base' are bent down at right angle to the top of thebase, and at one end of the latter is a vertical end wall 3. The opposite end of the vtop of the baseis bent to form two spaced a art outwardly7 projecting flanges- 4 4, an an intermediate outwardly projecting flange 5. The flange 5 is in a lower horizontal level than the ilanges 4 4 to form a guideway 6. To one of the ilanges 4 is pivoted a latch 6'. adapted to be turned to fit in the guideway 6.

The vertical flange 3`ad'acent the base is formed with two bearings 7, and the two 'flanges 4 4 are formed with bearings' 8 8 in alignment with the bearings 7 7. The flanges 4-4 are formed with vertical slots 9 9, open at the top and 1ntersectingv the 10 10 indicate sections of a fruit holder.

V--.i Each vsection is`- provided at its rear end with -l pintle 11, and at the front end with alatch 6 and stu the the section is formed with a series of slots 13 and a finger piece 15.

yThe pintles 11 are mounted in the bearings 7 7, while the pintlesv 12 are mounted in the bearings 8, formed in the flanges 4 4, the latch 6 holding the-parts in assembled position.

Studs 14 in the vertical plate 3, are positioned to form stops for the sections 10 when locked by the latch 6;

When the fruit holder is in assembled form, as shown in the drawing, the sections are retained in osition on the base by the dg 14, and as the slots 13 of the two sections are in alignment, obviously when fruit is placed in the holder, a knife can readily be passed through the slots and the fruit cut in uniform slices. v

If it is desired to dismantle the sections for cleaning urposes, the latch 6 is turned from the gui eway 5, which frees the pintles 12. VThen the pintles can be raised in the slots 9 and freeof the `flanges 4 4, and by a slight forward movement of the sections,

pintles 11 can be withdrawn from their bearings,

F rom the foregoing description, it is evi- ,dent I have provided a' simple and convenient sanitary fruit holder, and one which can be readily assembled and dismantled when .I

occasion requires.

What I claim is:

1. A holder for cutting fruit, including a base formed at one end with an upright wall, projections rising from the base at the yend remote from the wall, a pair of slotted holder sections removably engaging the uprighty wall and projections, and latching means cooperating with the projections to prevent kseparation of the holder sections from the wall'or projections, said wall closing the space between the sections at one end of thel latter. I

2. Aholder for cutting fruit including a -base having an' upright wall at. one end formed ,with bearing openings, projections rising from the base and having upper 'ilanges extending in spaced parallel relation with the base, said'projections bein cally slotted, with t vertie openingsde ned by 1 'the slots extending into the flanges, fruit holder sections havlng pintleg at one end to seat in the bearing openin s in the Wall, pntles at the opposite en to be passed downwardly through the openings in the flanges and seat in the slots in the projections, and a latch pivotally connected to the base to be moved beneath the flanges and above the pintles of the fruit holder sections to prevent upward movement of the latter. In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

FRIEDRICH WILMKING. 

